The ninth president of Bakersfield College, William Andrews, is scheduled to start his presidency April 1, after being selected by the district board of trustees Feb. 18. The presidency of Bakersfield College is an important office. The president will oversee most of the changes that will affect the future of the college.

Even though I understand the importance this school official has on tuition and college requirements, I fail to be inspired. Past college presidents have contributed to my apathetic viewpoint.

I believe interim president Lincoln Hall failed in the effort to portray himself as a sociable leader and failed to even have a relationship with students of Bakersfield College. Most students probably wouldn’t recognize his name. One of the few places a student can learn about Hall is on the Bakersfield College Web site, and even on the site, there are only a few indistinct facts about him listed.

I want to believe the new Bakersfield College president is a man of noble ambition and will make viable changes for the students. However, I am losing what little faith I had in him after he said Feb. 14 that he understands that Bakersfield College students prefer to take classes in the mornings and evenings, but he wants students to consider afternoon classes.

Perhaps when Andrews made this statement, he didn’t consider that a majority of Bakersfield College students have to balance a part-time job and a college schedule, and already have to face employers unwilling to work with them.

I would be impressed, and even encouraged, about the new president if he said that he is here to serve the students of Bakersfield College, and will do whatever it takes to make the time block of classes work.

Like most Bakersfield College students on campus, I am more concerned with my research paper on Sir Isaac Newton’s synthesis than the president’s unreasonable propositions. Apathy may seem like the common feeling among most 20-year-olds toward any political office, but why should I concern myself with a college president who refuses to take any of my fellow students’ interests into account?